Kylie Jenner hardly ever posts her kids on social media anymore, and her sisters haven’t shared pictures of them in a while either. But what’s really strange is that she’s still been taking them to highly-publicized events and other paparazzi hot spots.
Most people are well aware that Kylie used to share pictures of Stormi on social media all the time. But over the last several months, a lot of her followers have noticed that she almost never includes photos of her children in her posts anymore. Even though Kylie still posts snaps of Stormi and Aire occasionally, she apparently doesn’t want anyone else, even her own family members, sharing pictures of them.
Fans Question Khloe
Just recently, Khloe posted on Instagram about True and her cousins’ annual dance recital, but there was a surprising detail that was impossible to ignore. According to Hello! magazine, one of Khloe’s photos showed True, Dream, Chicago, and Stormi posing together in their recital attire. However, there was a heart emoji hiding Stormi’s face.
Some people commented to ask Khloe why she had covered up her niece’s face, and her response was truly unbelievable.Khloe replied to one of her followers by simply writing, “because her mommy asked.” But despite her attempt to respect her sister’s wishes by making sure Stormi’s face was completely concealed, Kylie still wasn’t happy.
Kardashian Sisters Delete Posts
In a thread shared on a subreddit dedicated to discussing the Kardashian-Jenner family, one Reddit user pointed out that Khloe’s post had been edited. It turns out that not long after she answered her follower’s question, she deleted the photo that Stormi was in. It’s possible that Khloe decided to remove the picture on her own, to try to avoid drawing more attention to Stormi.
But many people theorized that Kylie had probably asked her to delete it, especially since there had been a similar situation two months earlier that was seriously crazy. In April, Kim shared a series of family photos on Instagram that had been taken on Easter. A screenshot of her post was shared in a separate thread by another Reddit user, and the very first picture showed Chicago, Dream, True, and Stormi, whose face hadn’t been covered at all.
Before long, the author of the thread commented that Kim had removed the photo of Stormi from her post. Some people mentioned that she should have known better than to include the picture in the first place, and the reason why was honestly outrageous. Believe it or not, Kylie had just opened up about her children’s exposure in the public eye a few weeks earlier.
Kylie’s Double Standard
In March, she had spoken to Raven Varona for The New York Times, and what reportedly happened during the interview was so bizarre. Raven noted that when she was talking to Kylie, Stormi had come into the room several different times. Apparently, she even contributed to the conversation, which prompted her mom to make a specific request.
Raven claimed that Kylie had asked her to leave Stormi’s quotes out of the final print. She said that her daughter doesn’t fully understand interviews because she’s only six years old and innocent, so it wouldn’t be right to publish all of the comments she had made.
Kylie’s Childhood
Kylie explained that it’s her “responsibility to protect” Stormi and Aire, which is why she hadn’t been sharing photos of them on social media as frequently as she used to. She added that she had decided to limit what was being posted of her kids. Kylie said that since she was 9 years old when she entered the spotlight, people have been watching her every move for years.
As a result, she’s spent most of her life being heavily scrutinized. She doesn’t want her kids to have to deal with every aspect of their lives being constantly criticized, which is why their exposure online is now under her control.
That explains why Kylie doesn’t want anyone else to post her children on social media, and why the photos that her sisters have managed to share of Stormi ended up being quickly deleted. But she also mentioned something else during the interview that was seriously shocking. Oddly enough, despite Kylie’s decision to cut back on posting her kids, she didn’t sound concerned about changing their exposure outside of social media.
So as admirable as her remark about protecting her children may have seemed, it was also extremely confusing. Kylie clearly realizes how harmful it can be to grow up in the limelight, so why does she think that simply not allowing her sisters to post her kids is going to change that?
Hurtful Comments
She’s still sharing photos of her children online and hasn’t deleted her previous posts. Not surprisingly, many social media users have been discussing Kylie’s reasoning behind her puzzling choice to only limit her children’s exposure online. In one of the latest episodes of The Kardashians, Kylie got emotional when she talked to Kendall about the hurtful comments people have been making about her looks for years.
Even if that is the reason why she’s been posting fewer pictures of Stormi, she’s not doing her any favors by allowing her to be photographed by paparazzi all the time. Those pictures are going to end up on the Internet as well, but apparently, that’s somehow different to Kylie.
Another Theory
But there’s another theory about why she wants to be the only person who posts her children on social media, and it’s honestly crazy. Many social media users believe that Kylie possibly has ulterior motives for wanting to be the only person allowed to post pictures of her kids. They think that she just wants to control their online exposure to make sure that nobody else in the family is making money from her children’s images.
If Kylie really wanted her kids to have more privacy, she could easily make that happen. She managed to hide her entire pregnancy with Stormi, so it wouldn’t be impossible for her to shield her children from the public eye, at least to some extent. That’s why some people are convinced that she’s fine with exploiting them, as long as she’s the only one making a profit.
Paris Fashion Week
Earlier this year, Kylie brought Stormi with her to Paris Fashion Week. According to Vogue, they attended two separate fashion shows and sat in the front row each time. While they were in Paris, a video was taken of Stormi that showed her looking absolutely terrified.
The U.S. Sun reported that in a now-viral clip, Stormi and Kylie were seen leaving a restaurant late at night. But Stormi was wide-eyed with fear because of the swarm of paparazzi outside, and she refused to let her mom carry her to the car. Instead, Stormi wanted to be held by Kylie’s bodyguard, who had been carrying her in the first place.
As he picked her up, Kylie didn’t even try to comfort her before she walked away and got inside the vehicle. Sadly, that wasn’t the first time that Stormi became visibly upset and overwhelmed by the amount of photographers around her.
Overexposure
Why is she so against them sharing pictures of the cousin group if Stormi’s face is covered, when she’s fine with subjecting her kids to being traumatized by paparazzi? It’s really bizarre that Kylie acts like her decision to suddenly stop posting as many pictures of her kids will change the fact that she spent years overexposing Stormi. It would be totally different if she actually wanted to give her children more privacy in their everyday lives, but unfortunately, that doesn’t seem to be the case.
